Registered Nurse (RN), Main Operating Room, Full-Time (Variable Shifts)

Responsibilities

• Assume responsibility and accountability as defined by the American Nurses Association standards of nursing practice.
• Seek guidance to integrate concepts, knowledge, skills and attitudes to meet standards for competent professional nursing practice.
• Exhibit Penn Medicine's experience standards which reflect its mission and are embedded in the professional practice competency domains.
• Focus on developing the knowledge and skills necessary to provide individualized care based on physical, psychosocial, cultural, educational, safety, and age-appropriate considerations of assigned patients.
• Work closely with the interprofessional health care team to facilitate the coordination of care across the continuum.
• Demonstrate how nursing practice impacts the organizational vision, mission, and goals and the care delivery system.
• Comply with all regulations and standards of regulatory and accrediting bodies.

Qualifications

• RN licensure is required, issued by the PA Board of Nursing or a Temporary Practice Permit until an RN license is obtained.
• Individuals with Temporary Practice Permits must sit for their NCLEX within 60 days of starting in their RN role.
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred. For Magnet designated RN positions, BSN or higher level nursing degree is required for incumbents based upon previously established parameters; or within three (3) years of placement in position for incumbents who started after 07/01/2020.
• A graduate registered nurse may only practice professional nursing under supervision and if the graduate registered nurse holds a current temporary practice permit. Supervision means that a licensed registered nurse is physically present in the area or unit where the graduate registered nurse is practicing.
• All Clinical Nurse 1 RN’s will be required to successfully complete the Nurse Residency Program.